
Hello fellow web crawlers! Andrew here. Welcome to todayās edition of web_crawlr.
Got any good weekend plans? Iāll be in Chicago watching the Mets play the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Itās my first time going to the historic stadium, so Iām excited. Maybe Iāll wear my āTake Me Out To The Blog Gameā shirt.
Anyway, our top stories today are about: People capturing video of an amusement park ride malfunction that left people suspended upside down, Biden supporters and detractors accusing one another of gaslighting over wandering off videos, five wild instances of landlords being evil, and a Subway customer saying a worker gave her attitude for not tipping after buying a bottle of water.
After that, the trending team shares their pick for āMain Character of the Week.ā
Also: Itās Friday, which means itās time for our weekly news quiz. Just scroll down to answer todayās question. If you guess correctly, you might win a āTake Me Out To The Blog Gameā shirt.
See you tomorrow!
ā A.W.
Today in Internet Culture
WTF
āThought we were going to dieā: Passenger calls out Portland amusement park after getting stuck on ride upside down
Twenty-eight passengers were stuck suspended in mid-air for nearly 30 minutes after a malfunctionāand people posted video of the incident.
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āCHEAP FAKESā
Biden supporters, detractors accuse one another of gaslighting over wandering off, freezing up videos
The videos have sparked a fierce online war between outlets and right-wing influencers covering them and Bidenās team furiously attempting to debunk them.
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LANDLORD HORROR STORIES
āSUE. NOW.ā: 5 wild instances of landlords being evil
Hundreds of tenants take to TikTok daily to share their individual negative landlord experiences, and today, weāve decided to share five of those cases.
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VIRAL LABOR
āThe cashier scoffed at meā: Subway customer says worker gave him an attitude for not tipping on $3 bottle of Dasani
In a world of fast food, self-checkouts, and self-pickups, some customers are asking one question: To tip or not to tip?
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A SENATORāS PICTURE OF HIM GRILLING BURGERS WAS MOCKED SO WIDELY HE TOOK IT DOWN. WHICH SENATOR WAS IT?
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Main Character of the Week
By Ramon Ramirez
Managing Editor

Main Character of the Week: Woman who had the most āstandoffishā job interview ever
Main Character of the Week is a weekly column that tells you the most prominent āmain characterā online (good or bad). It runs on Fridays in the Daily Dotās web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get this column a day before we publish it, subscribe to web_crawlr, where youāll get the daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.
Crawling the Web
Here is what else is happening across the ānet.
While Whole Foods is notoriously expensive (and a bit bougie), this one food item is so well-priced that itās going viral.
The food service industry can be a messy and disgusting business on the kitchen side of thingsāand former workers are calling out things they would never order.
Happy Meals typically come with a choice of entrĆ©eāburger or chicken nuggetsāa french fry, a drink, and a toy. But did you know they have another purpose?
First come, first served, seems to be the golden rule when buying furniture at Goodwill. After one shopper allegedly noticed someone buying out the furniture section, they asked viewers on TikTok: Is this fair?
Someone tested out an emergent Chipotle trendāfilming yourself ordering, allegedly to get bigger portionsātaking the concept to an extreme.
From the Daily Dot archive: QAnon is now too big to fail.
Todayās Viral Video
Mesmerizing mastery in motionāwatch this artist make ceramic sculpting look effortless.